First, I got a message that gedit was not installed, so I followed the recommendation to install it.That seemed to go ok, but when I tried to edit sysctl.conf the problems started. Despite error messages, sysctl.conf was presented in a different window and I was able to edit and save it, but when I re-run cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness, the edit has not affected swappiness (ie: it's still set to 60, not 10)

Even this command threw up an apparent error in the terminal though..** (mousepad:3726): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-mExREEPecG: Connection refused

##############################################################3# Functions previously found in netbase#

# Uncomment the next two lines to enable Spoof protection (reverse-path filter)# Turn on Source Address Verification in all interfaces to# prevent some spoofing attacks#net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1#net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1

# Uncomment the next line to enable TCP/IP SYN cookies# See [url=http://lwn.net/Articles/277146/]http://lwn.net/Articles/277146/[/url]# Note: This may impact IPv6 TCP sessions too#net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1

# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4#net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv6# Enabling this option disables Stateless Address Autoconfiguration# based on Router Advertisements for this host#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1

#################################################################### Additional settings - these settings can improve the network# security of the host and prevent against some network attacks# including spoofing attacks and man in the middle attacks through# redirection. Some network environments, however, require that these# settings are disabled so review and enable them as needed.## Do not accept ICMP redirects (prevent MITM attacks)#net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0#net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0# _or_# Accept ICMP redirects only for gateways listed in our default# gateway list (enabled by default)# net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects = 1## Do not send ICMP redirects (we are not a router)#net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0## Do not accept IP source route packets (we are not a router)#net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0#net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0## Log Martian Packets#net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1# Set swappiness to 10 (added by mikep)vm.swappiness = 10#

First, I got a message that gedit was not installed, so I followed the recommendation to install it.That seemed to go ok, but when I tried to edit sysctl.conf the problems started. Despite error messages, sysctl.conf was presented in a different window and I was able to edit and save it, but when I re-run cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness, the edit has not affected swappiness (ie: it's still set to 60, not 10)